Overview
- LAPD officers arrested Alexander Lee Rogers in Koreatown on Aug. 12 after a security officer spotted and positively identified him near Lafayette Park, taking him into custody without incident.
- He is being held at Olympic Station while Longview and Los Angeles detectives coordinate the collection of evidence, including the partially spray-painted black BMW linked to the interstate search.
- Rogers is wanted for the Aug. 5 stabbing in Cowlitz County that killed 64-year-old Dawn Peters and critically wounded her 73-year-old brother-in-law, Andrew Peters.
- Jail records show Rogers served nearly two decades for a 2002 machete assault and was released less than a year ago, and local reports indicate he had been working as a handyman for the victims.
- Authorities had warned he was armed and dangerous and urged the public not to approach him, and now they are finalizing extradition preparations ahead of formal charging.